[Buddha-l] Making a living

[David Webster]

MMMmmm.

In the UK, one of the off-putting things about many forms of Buddhism is the
apparent gap between claims about non-attachment and the dangers of material
greed, and the middle-class comfortableness of a very significant proportion
of Buddhists. 

Add to that the celebrity Buddhist phenomena, the over-priced
Buddha-statue-as-lifestyle accessory and you can see why some see Buddhism
in the West as a naff, smug, 'holier'-than-thou form of cultural tourism and
self-indulgence (like much of the New-Age mullarkey)

Not that I think that myself - but it is a genuine danger to the wider
understanding Buddhism - and to its practice.

Maybe.

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University of Gloucestershire 

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